OOO!

It's time to rethink your messaging

News From My Lad by James Campbell, 1859 (public domain - Wikipedia)

You are not your job.

It’s astounding that we have to remind ourselves of that simple fact.

We do take vacations from time to time—although not as frequently as we might. According to the U.S. Travel Association, Americans used an average of 17.4 days of paid time off in 2018, up slightly from 17.2 days in 2017.

Many U.S. workers need to earn vacation time, and even then, they don’t use all of their eligible time up. Some of them feel as if they need to prove themselves and that if they take time off, they might be replaced. In a country where healthcare is tied to employment status, that is a valid concern.

But other countries require their citizens to take time off of work.